Auditions:

Expectation and Preparation:

Auditions will be an open call both days, and will consist of singing a prepared 32 bar selection of a musical theatre song in the style of the show. There will be NO dancing at auditions.

Please provide: Sheet Music...no CD's & NO A CAPELLA auditions.

Please provide: Headshot/Résumé (if available).

Invited Callbacks will be held on Saturday, November 18th from 2:30pm-6:00pm at the Arts Asylum, 1000 E. 9th St., Kansas City, MO. You will be notified by email if you are invited to callbacks. Please be prepared to read scenes and sing songs from the show (sides will be provided). If you are auditioning, please make sure to clear your schedule that afternoon, as callbacks are critical to putting together the strongest ensemble for this ensemble piece.

Rehearsals will begin around March 12th. Typical weekly rehearsal schedule will be Sunday through Thursday nights from 6:30pm-10:00pm. Rehearsals the last two weeks may go to 10:30pm. Tech rehearsal wil lbe on Sunday, April 15th with the time to be determined. Conflictes with the rehearsal schedule must be kept to an absolute minimum during the rehearsal process. No conflicts will be accepted during tech/dress week.

If you are unable to attend either open call date, please email your interest to FDSA.Korey@gmail.com to send a video singing a 32-bar selection and short monologue. Please put "URINETOWN AUDITION" and your name in the subject line.

Production Dates

April 19-29, 2018
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm

Synopsis

Urinetown is an hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, municipal politics and musical theatre itself! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective on one of America's greatest art forms. In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to agovernment-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he's had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!

Cast Breakdown

Officer Lockstock
The tongue-in-cheek narrator of our story, he is a corrupt policeman who secretly kills off the guilty offenders. Bold, brash, and larger than life in many ways.
Gender: Male
Age: 35 to 55
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: A2

Penelope Pennywise
The tough, jaded warden of the poorest, filthiest town urinal. She is Cladwell's one-time lover and mother to Hope who eventually softens her temper.
Gender: Female
Age: 30 to 45
Vocal range top: C6
Vocal range bottom: A3

Bobby Strong
The dashing, rebellious everyman who works for Miss Pennywise at the poorest, filthiest town urinal. He becomes an unsuspecting protagonist and romantic hero when he starts a revolution and falls in love with Hope Cladwell.
Gender: Male
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: A2

Hope Cladwell
Cladwell's ravishingly beautiful daughter, torn between her father and her new love for Bobby. She begins as an innocent, naive angel but becomes vengeful and determined after being exposed to her father's evil.
Gender: Female
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range top: A5
Vocal range bottom: A3

Caldwell B. Cladwell
The evil president and owner of the Urine Good Company. He is a miserly money-grubber who gleefully exploits the poor.
Gender: Male
Age: 50 to 65
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: A2